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LITERATURE. SKETCHES AND ESSAY S. mplernan, London, 1838. So ln in thi e , of Hazlitt' Te s latest and best essays are to be found Bell," volum e . A mong them we perceive the " Letter which was first printed in the New Monthly M a - Kaz.,in ant, is, in point of sentiment and expr ess io n , the )ost refined and elegant essay that its author ever Penned. his He e v id ent l y struc k i t o ff at a h eat, w h en intellect was in its healthiest state, and did not rel y On parad ox an d ant i thes i s for producing an effect. One of the leading defects in Hazlitt's writings is the air of elo quent exaggeration that pervades them. Not content with B :Y i ng a go o d t hi ng once, he repeats i t a dozen t i mes ; ii nd When h e l ays hold of what he thinks is an original idea, e never r ests t ill he has fairly run it off its legs. Yet th i s i s not the result of poverty of thought—for the materials for reflection abound in his works—but from his over-anxiety Make hi s rea d er see the idea, in all i ts b ear i ngs, as clearly as he himself saw it. Few writers of modern days avebrought more subtle, s ugges tive, and richly-stored minds tit& the field of spe cu l a ti on t h an NV idi am Hazlitt, and few have rer turned these advantages to less account. And the reason g t thiS • His m anner i s acr i mon i ous an d d ogma ti ca l. He ve ' es no quart er t o pre j u di ce ; conce d es no thing to con ntional taste ; scorns all idea of entering into compromise w i t h soc i ety ; b ut l ays a b ou t hi m with hi compromise with all the head-strong energy of Rabelais' t ar John of the Funnels. As a critic, he is not less uncere 1111ani°us than a s a me t a phy s i c ian. He makes sad a lt .. ;°e amon g the popular idols, tembling them about right fenu left, as if they deserved only to be broken up into a ginents, an d t h rown i nto t h e d ust -h o l e. Th us h e dis ari covers that D oc t or J o h nson was li tt l e b etter th an a quac k , d th it the vast mass who think him otherwise e are r `"ls ; that Pitt h a d no t one so lit ary sc i n till a o f c; i q u enee or s t a t esmans hi p i n hi s compos i t i on ; t h at os'ing Was a mere declaimer of school-boy common s a ct's, with out e i ther wit or fancy ; that Crabbe was 1 ° bette r t h an a " thorn in the side of poetry ;" and Junius 141 ere stringer together of petty, epigrammatic points. Ile truth isAlazlitt's irritable, unaecomodating - , impetuous r tn p e rament was, constantly clouding, and bearing down " better judgment, inducing him at one time to say that turk e was the first of statesmen and of philosophers ; and, at another that he was just the reverse—a mere showy, dex terous sophist ; now, that Wordsworth was the most Profound post of titanic age ; and now,that he was nothing better t han a prosy, pual cgotist. Mr. Hazlitt has written especially on subjects connected with the Fine Arts— tnuch that the " world will not willingly let die," and much i nore that is already forgotten, and likely to remain so. The majority of his metaphysical essays are the best pos sible illustrations of the old adage, that " naked truth is exceedingly unlovely." TRAVELS IN TOWN. 2 Vol s . S aunders and Utley, London, 1838. If these " Travels" meet with but half the popularity that the " Random Recollections" obtained, the author will have no cause to complain. They are a sort of appendix to one of his former works, entitled the " Great r Me tropo of L is, and con t a i n severa l very cur i ous s k etc h es London peculiariti es , w hi c h country rea d ers w ill b e sure to Peru• • se with interest. The author's account of the " Streets" Peripatetic. and graphic, andproves that he is an observant re,r.lpatetic. ut perhaps his best—or at any rate hi , s , wo,llest — chapter, is that on .‘ Tattersall's and the Turf, te e the abounds in amusing facts and anecdotes. We may 4 e the same of his chapter on " Religious Denominations," h r in, speaking of the well-known preacher Huntingdon, 0 observes for ` : A friend of mine, who was in the habit of hearing him— never heard him myself—has mentioned to me that he v an ili d sometimes, when about to prove any position he ad theced, by some passage in the Bible, call by name on the hi Write r of the book containing it, to come and speak to , for a few seconds. For instance, if be wished to esta th:l2 the doctrine that men arc justified by faith only, he , w l ould S t apostrophize the Apostle Paul as if bodily present o : w s h a a y t , 3,c•ltiraul,just come here for a few seconds. I want thear the have got to say on the subject of justification. Just step into not witness -box for a little ; I won't detain you long. by ,• 3 'Pll repeatedly said in your epistles that man is justified i thu s alone, and not by works?' Mr. Huntingdon iavl s ng p etu s i Put the question, would give the answer as from wantt and then say, Now, Paul, you may go; I don't .., a nY more at present.' JACK ADAMS, 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1838. ° Wain Bligh's well-known narrative of the Mutiny of ildeheliounty, has furnished the subject of this tale, which re s closer to facts than the generality of fictions which 1.,i," 1 ! truth for their ground-work. The story commences D.i" t he birth of Jack Adams, who was one of the princi -4,lnutineers, and who is represented as a fine-spirited, in t: 'gent lad, devoted to his nautical profession, and re ii te a by every officer under whom he serves. At the , 1 7 .1 of twenty-eight, being out of employment, in conse e.erlee of the general peace, Jack volunteers to accompany S e it a l/t ain Bligh in his expedition of discovery to the South IZ-8' and on arriving at Otaheite, furnishes himself with a Per-coloured wife, by way of a native luxury—an exara aodwhich is p rompt l y followed by several other of the crew, -4 0 , a n ni t °n2 them by M r . Ch r i s ti an , first -l i eutenant of the role After sev era l wee k s s p en t in a state of the most B,ttilltuous ind o l ence a t O ta h e i te, C ap t a in Bligh prepares to h e ; 1 411 ; but finding his crew evincing refractory symptoms, 11,1beterinines on making an example, and with this view ; aildi•ects Jack Ad ams t o th e s h arp di sc ipline of the " , liirntlleurs the vindictive hostility of Christian, by tauntin i cl itij o ethe gross es t an d mos t i nsu lti ng mann er. By such 44 ' e mus viole nce th e C ap t a i n manages t o e strange the ag :ti s o os of al mos t a ll hi s crew ; a cons pi rac y is formed of t h im ; and on the Bounty, losing sight of the shores shin,talieite on it s return to E ng l an d , h e i s h urr i e d i n to the sh a r r s launch with some few others, who had refused to take Otah to the mutiny, while the Bounty itself returns to . bee r C t e• Here, constant quarrels arise among themuti- of b e ; some stay on the island, while the majority,. fearful_ a Nud ing captured, set sail for some of the most distant and &oar e d islands of the Pacific, and after much beating about, 10 4 arrive, and take up their settlement, at Pitcairn's 4 4(1 11 : 1 ' Having taken with them their Otaheitan wives, lr °Ol O4 -ete ral of their relatives, they form tolerably t he bj ; but,. as before, dissensions creep in amongthe am gh ee ack g er.inspire against the white men ; and the . disturb are ; vv ai , .:h continue for years with more or less violence, %e t Wilt down without a considerable loss of life. Mean -464 tile mutineers' children are growing up to manhood, P fi ro • tonic tlng• by the instructions of Jack Adams, now be t% h ttri old man, they form a thriving, honest and religious .b V eal: 1 1; 111 4', in which state they are found . b . y some Englis 4 ffe tt . Which accidentally touch at Pitcairn's Island—an ring incident which appropriately closes the story.. Ch 7-e no invention here ; in his leading details Captain ker`lrhier has adhered most religiously to truth ; and has let4elY drawn upon his fancy for the conception of Ideal mi nor dramatic incident, or the working up of some O tah chara cter, such as the beautiful but v i n di ct i ve young t he ti it t a. ll heroine, Oberea. His sketch of the outbreak of l°ll6 I °Y ; of the extraordinary voyage of Captain Bligh he launch over three thousand miles of the Pacific ; of l 'ite, a 'rels among the mutineers at Pitcairn's Island ; and ora e settling down of the colony into habits of good '`. 4 e i tinder the superintendence of the patriarch Adams ; ° 04.• _, th ese intere s ti ng p o ints in the story are detailed with Alel ig era bhle vieor and animation. The tal e will be sure to 1411 ; el if only from the reader's conviction that, extraordi- J as • . C it i s, it is not a fiction but a truth. As a specimen b tvre, 3l) tain Chamfer's manner, we subjoin his contrast e 10-11 the sailor of the old and the modern school : ,_ll°W-,lll°se days grog was the linuor of life; and tea, which . is w4R a-rUnk, would have been voted an abomination. A sailor 44e- rough uncouth animal, mixing with his apparent . savage „he e l'ert r , ° ce a certain portion of feminine vanity, which .is draw Bite k ' s !,_ ° ess of Jack Adams, the father of our hero, and then sketch of a modern sailor of 1838. I;troadc was one of King John's men ;—very short and very e eze tie wore a small round straw ' hat, which the slightest t/ ticla , " 0 might haTe supposed, would have whisked off the 1 /k,3 ( ;' hair which formed the maintop of his head. His face , l 'eei ) -() ,. ve red with curls ; his large bushy whiskers seemed to `We e ' n 'l the corners of his mouth ; whilst the upper part, be )! 1 0 - h t " temple and the angle of the mouth, was concealed Ned -g r inglets, which many a modern lady might hal ch.cok 4!°at P rom the back of his head fell a tail—a long, t , Nib ° -undle of hair carefully parcelled together with black tll ee ha wing a fl • — at the end, about as long as the ever i'vvti4rOt R " Is 'Plaendage Y to a water-wagtail. On one cheek might t ri," seen a small hillock of rising flesh, projected 1,7 18 s e i d e o iaw by the roll of _tobacco in his mouth, and which Rig• !II removed, excepting when he used the weed of t tl - tk ellt i t in a, pipe ; it was then carefully put in his pocket, uund warm in the mouth of his messmate. He wore a rough Locket which came over his hips. His trousers fitted Sere "15 person, excepting on the legs—and there they t ne s i ur6 eiently large ' to have enclosed any other pair of legs. u tsC n ga were not generally used, but when Jack took a t l iit il t art or r) n d shore he wore them, covering the end with long k uoes,--the foot part of which was concealed by a 14 e l. 11 .4 41 : 4 4 0 8lan g_llage he was different from his countrymen. His it t ury w 4 _ " What cheer, lads?" His height of ideal 4 a. I a glass of grog—a jolly lass—and a Saturday night Of 9h Ile h Stuff; rough it is true, were the seamen of England l t t o have a fo i u n n e ci o f f ou b r att e n ship's crew it would have been who could read or write, or wb ~W h o 'lid not believe all landsmen to be unpolished bears, dlneatitUte ofm a anners because they had never been i L a i 11 the an-or -war. r i s Present day the picture will be more polished. The rk • Cu t _ to site , an , Lion—the face visible and clean—the hat . sufficient u glazed_ with the ship's name marked in front—a 4140 e jacket orgood With L ° cloth and proper length—of . trousers b oo _,"nn always shoes and stockings, the , former 4 ! 3 , and the latter generally clean. In I n " 94 ' ja t o P bv e la not requisite to constitute an able seaman ; tlce° in such general use. Grog has given way W tea; and out of a line-of-battle ship's crew, it would be diffi cult perhaps to find forty who could not read or write. They are distinctly different from those men who swept the seas in appearance--and just as much changed as the rigging of a ship to which they belong is different from the rigging of the Re nown at the time of the birth of Jack Adams. Only one thing remains the same—that is, the thoughts of seamen. Men thought and spoke much the same in the days of Solomon as in the present day ; and hence, with the uncouth animal pic tured above, we shall have the same ideas as with the more po. lished sailor of the present time. NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. Longman, London, 1838. This volume forms the hundred and ninth of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopmdia, and is the production of Mr. Swain son, a gentleman well known as one of our ablest writers on Natural History. The volume is embellished by a clever engraving from the pencil of Finden. THE NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. No. XX. Edinburgh : William Blackwood and Sons. The present Number of this work, so highly creditable to the already high moral and intellectual character of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland, contains the parochial history of parts of the Counties of Fife and Roxburgh, em bellished with a beautiful map of Stirlingshire. In our pre vious notices of it, we have several times informed such of our readers as are not familiar with this work, that its con tributors are exclusively churchmen, who contributed in the order of publication the topographical, historical, and sta tistical history of their respective parishes—thus, in addi tion to the labours of their ministry, favouring their country with a mass of in`brmation equally curious and useful. We heartily wish that the production of a work so invaluable to the politician, the philosopher, and the national historian, was not coo fined exclusively to Scotland. The Priesthood of the Established Church of England and Ireland, are not over burthened with the weight of their pastoral duties, and were they to employ their leisure in the production of a work similar to this, they would establish many claims to popular respect, which are now very generally canvassed. It is impossible not to think well of the learning and in dustry of a clerical body procucng such a work as the " New Statistical Account of Scotland." THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICUL T C 7 RE. William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh . We have here eight original articles, all on subjects of the greatest interest to the practical agriculturist, exclusive of the Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland. The utility of such a periodical to farmers generally, must be very great, as the contributors are themselves practically conversant with agricultural pur suits ; and though we know nothing respecting the extent of its circulation, we are persuaded that such landlords as may seek to increase it among their tenantry, will render them an important service. We need scarcely apologize for the brevity of this notice by observing, that the literary columns of a daily newspaper are not adapted to a closer examination of the merits of publications devoted to the diffusion of the knowledge requisite to the profitable pur suit of the practical avocations of an agriculturist. FINE ARTS. RYALL'S CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS, N•. X. Ryley, London, 1838. The Number before us consists of three portraits,—the first, of Lord Ashburton ; the second, of Mr. Croker ; and the third, of Sir F. Pollock. The two former are en graved from original paintings by Sir Thomas Lawrence ; and the latter from one by Phillips. They arc executed with great skill, especially the likeness of Mr. Croker, which shows infinite softness and delicacy of touch. The illustrative memoirs have the merit of being elegantly and impartially written. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1838. SONNET. ON READING ADMIRAL NAPIER'S LETTER, IN THE SUN OF TITESDAY, NOV. 27. Is the old courage of our fathers dead, That now our ships are lying idly by, While signs of war are dark'ning o'er the sky ; Say is our ancient English spirit fled? No, it has not ! our flag again shall fly. That flag the brunt of many fights has borne, It still shall reign despite of fight or storm, Waving unconquered 'mid the azure sky. What, though the lion for a moment sleeps, At the first challenge it shall proudly rise, And with its might the daring foe surprise. Fear not the fleet which Russia's tyrant keeps ; For by the Victor Nelson's mighty name : Its vaunted might, when quell'd shall raise our fame. W. T. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. On Monday the 10th instant, being the seventieth anni• versary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a general assembly of the Academicians was held at their apartments in Trafalgar-square, when the following distri bution of premiums took place, viz. : To Mr. Henry Nelson O'Niel, for the best copy made in the painting school, the silver medal ; and the lectures of the Professors Barry, Opie, and Fuseli. To Mr. William Carpenter, for the next best copy made in the painting school, the silver medal. To Mr. Henry Le Jenne, for the best drawing from the ife, the silver medal. To Mr. Henry Bailey, for the best drawing of the prin cipal front of Harcourt House in Cavendish-square, the silver medal. To Mr. William Baker, for the bast drawing from the antique, the silver medal. To Mr. Joseph Edwards, for the best model from the antique, the silver medal. Which was concluded with a short address from the President to the Students. The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to appoint officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Martin Archer Shee was unanimously re-elected President. Council, New List.—Thomas Uwins, Frederick Richana Lee, William Wynn, Esq., and Sir Richard Westmacott. Old List.—Abraham Cooper, Esq., Sir David Wilkie, Edward Hodges Baily, and Charles Lock Eastlake, Esq. Visitors in the Life Academy, New List.—Thomas Uwins, William Hilton, Charles Robert Leslie, and William Mul ready, Esqs. Old List.—William Etty, Henry Howard, Richard Cook, Alfred Edward Chalon, and Edwin Landseer, Esqs. Visitors in the School of Painting, New List.—Henry Perronet Briggs, William Collins, William Etty, and Edwin Landseer, Esqs. Old List.—William Hilton, George Jones, Joseph Mul lord, William Turner, and William Muiready, Esqs. Auditors re-elected—W. Muiready, J. M. W. Turner, Esqs., and Sir Richard Westmacott. The Earl of Albemarle has returned to his residence at Hampton Court, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. _ _ _ A Catholic clergyman, of the name of Beckers, was arrested at Cologne on the 4th instant, accused of having excited the people to discontent by his sermons, and thereby caused the tumults of the 26th of October. His Excellency Sarim Effendi, late Turkish Am bassador at this Court, left London on Friday for Dover, on his way to Paris, accompanied by his brother Edib Effendi, and by his second secretary, Emeen Effendi. His Excel lency stopped on the road at Mr. Salame's cottage in the Old Kent-road, where his Excellency Reshid Pacha and his interesting three sons, and the secretaries of the embassy had repaired. After the two ambassadors and suites had partaken of a darner a la Turque, Sarim Effendi and his party took leave of the Pacha and the rest of the company at Alexandrian Cottage, and continued his jour ney about five o'clock for Dover. On Thursday night, about nine o'clock, as a gentle man named Leer, residing at Clumpton, Lewisham, was proceeding in his phaeton, accompanied by three of his children, up Oxford-street, on arriving near Poland street the horse became unmanageable, and having, by breaking the traces, torn itself away from the shafts, started off at full speed. On arriving at the corner of Vere-street it ran against a gig, when, by the concussion, two gentle men who were therein were thrown out, but happily not hurt. The animal, which ran against the wheels, was much staggered thereby, and before it could recover itself fell up against some boards surrounding a hole about eight feet deep, made for the purpose of repairing the gas pipes, and immediately, the boards giving way, disappeared. A mob of persons soon assembled, and some straw having been obtained, the horse was enabled to get its footing on it, when a man went down, and passing a rope under its belly, it was by that means hauled up, without having sustained any severe injury. A child, whose name could not be as certained, getting too near the hole after the horse was out, fell down, and on being picked up was conveyed in an in sensible state to Middlesex Hospital. ANTI-CORN-LAW ASSOCIATION.—This Associa tion having resumed its weekly meeting, is steadily and satisfactorily pursuing its inquiries, by which it has already been enabled to accumulate a mass of information, which, as containing many new facts tending to place the iniquitous character of the Corn-laws in the fullest possible light, it is the intention of the Chairman, Colonel Thompson, to publish in a series of tracts. Lectures are also intended to be given, a few weeks before the opening of Parliament, by the leading liberal politicians of the day ; so that the whole strength of the Association and its friends being concentrated on the one grand object, little fear need he entertained as to the result. The farmers who have been consulted have, with scarcely any exception, expressed them selves favourably inclined. Sir William Molesworth, G. Grote, Esq., M.P. ; J. Hume, Esq., M.P. ; John T. Lea der, Esq., M.P. ; D. W. Harvey, Esq., M.P. ; W. Theo bald, Esq., and W. Tait, Esq., are among those who have promised their co-operation ; and it is expected that Lord Brougham and other friends of the people in the House of Peers,with whom a correspondence has taken place on the subject, will render their aid in the good cause. On Friday morning James Mayor, aged 14 years, having possessed himself of a flask belonging to his father, containin g about 6ounces of gunpowder,was amusing himself by sprinkling it over a lighted piece of paper, when the whole ignited, and exploded with a tremendous report, breaking several squares of glass, and shaking down a portion of the ceiling. The boy's face was scorched and blackened in a most dreadful manner, and great fears are entertained that the sight of both eyes is entirely destroyed. His right hand, in which he held the flask, was so shockingly shattered, that amputation above the wrist is indispensable. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. POST-OFFICE REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—The Parliament being summoned for February sth, it is necessary to take steps to forward this desirable object, and to break up the abominable nuisances of the Post-ofE ee —to do this public meetings should be called, and I am of opinion a Common Hall should be summoned directly to instruct their Members on such an important occasion. Resolutions too, might be come to, and advertisements pub lished to show the interest the citizens of London take in a matter by which they are so much oppressed, and towards which the grievous rate of postage is made necessary in order that the system of corruption may be carried on to the great advantage of the heads of the office. The Corporation, too, should do their part, and some pa triotic Alderman, or Common Councilman, move Resolu tions in that ancient Court, expressive of the interest they take in the subject. Also Ward meetings too (which will be held on St. Thomas's Day) should echo the cry, and one general burst of indignation, from all ranks of the inhabitants, might complete the object, and produce the happiest results to all the people. Dec. 8, -1838. A CITIZEN. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In drawing the attention of your readers this even ing to the prospectus of an institution, which, in common with all friends of their species, I hope is but the precursor of a total and complete change in the management of these tremendous engines of individual oppression —Lunatic Asy lums, you assume that the projectors of this place of " temporary retirement" are the first to take en enlarged view of this worst of human maladies, and attempt to lead the mind back to its proper tone, not by withholdimg brit by qtfording all those luxuries or employments which the unhappy inmates may have been accustomed to before their severe deprivation. Your words are—" No one, we think, can cast his eyes over this prospectus without perceiving that the new Institution is founded on principles which have never yet !blind their way into retreats for the insane, namely, the principles of humanity and common sense. Such establishments have hitherto been conducted as if they had been intended to prevent rather than to promote the restoration of reason," &e. Now, Sir, it is far from my intention to detract from the merits of the Committee of Management, but their claims to the gratitude of the public must be allowed to rest not on the originating but on the adoption of the principles of an asylum which has already carried them into the most successful opera ion, and has proved itself a brilliant exception to your sweeping censure, which all who have paid the least attention to this painful subject must be well aware is only too fully borne out by the truth. I allude to the Montrose Lun itic Asylum, an establishment presided over by a gentleman eminent in his profession, and whose success in the treat ment of diseases of the mind has raised this institution to a high rank, and entitles it to the distinction, which the Committee of the Denham Park Institution, by adopting not only its principles but the minutiae of its details, have virtually accorded it, of being a model for all establish ments having the cure of lunacy in view. In obtruding upon you these remarks I beg leave to re peat that I do not wish in the slightest degree to underrate the claims of the gentlemen connected with the proposed Asylum to public support, but only to do an act of justice to the managers of an establishment, of the existence of which possibly many of your readers were not hitherto aware. In conclusion, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on the good your advocacy of this question in The Sun has al ready effected, and to hope that your exertions will never be relaxed until private and public mad-houses are placed under such a popular surveillance as shall relieve the public mind from the fear of the former ever being again applied o the gratification of fiendish and malignant hate. Your most obedient servant, W. H. C. December 7, 1838. For several hours last night the vicinities of Fins bury-square and Bishopsgate-street were in the greatest state of excitement, from the occurrence of an alarming conflagration suddenly bursting forth from the lower part of a three-story brick building, in the occupancy of Mr. Lynes, tailor, N 0.69, Sun-street. The Police immediately gave the alarm, and made the most strenuous efforts to arouse the inmates, who were asleep, but were unable for some ten minutes to succeed, and it was not till the lower part of the building was in one body of flame. It was then about ten minutes to ten o'clock, when a female, apparently in years, presented herself at the first floor window—retreat by the staircase was an act of impossibility—and, by the persuasions of the mob, she jumped out, and was caught by several persons, without sustaining the least injury. Before half-past ten the entire building was on fire from the base ment to the roof, and fired the house No. 1, in Lamb's alley, situated in the rear. Mr. Braidwood, the superin tendent, with an efficient body of the fire brigade, and engines from the stations at Jeffery-square, Whitecross street, and Watling-street, were quickly in attendance, as likewise were the firemen of the West of England Fire office and engines. The houses on each side, and also No. 1, in Lamb's-alley, have sustained slight damage, but not to any great extent. Mr. Lynes is said to be insured to such an extent as to cover the loss of his stock and furniture, which are totally consumed. The adjourned inquest touching the death of the woman Pines, who it was alleged had died from the effects of medicine improperly administered by the district-surgeon of Isleworth, was resumed yesterday. Professor Everett, who had analysed the remainder of the medicine, described it as perfectly harmless, in proof of which he had hirdself taken the quantity administered to the deceased. The Coroner also drank a wine-glassful of it, as did several of the Jury. The evidence most fully exonerated the surgeon from all blame. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." FOREIGN RAIL-ROADS.-The Northern Imperial Ferdinand Railway, from Vienna to Prague, ad vances ra pidly, having 20,000 labourers employed on it, an d i t• i s expected that the eighty miles to Brunn will be comp l eted this year. About sixteen miles have been already opene d for the amusement of the citizens of Vienna. The Aus trian laws relative to railways allow the projectors the pro fits of the undertaking (which must not exceed fifteen per cent. on the capital) for fifty years, of er which period it reverts to the Government. The carriage of the mails is also stipulated for, and in every purchase,. sale, or o th er co ntract made by the projectors, a Comanssoner on the part of the Government is a necessary party. Ab out twelve miles of the Leipsic and Dresden Railway are already opened from the former city. Also the rail way from Mannheim to Bale is in progress, and excites glowing anticipations.—Athencettni. It appears that the account relative to the affray at Cobham, was much exaggerated. Neither of the keepers have died, although one of them is severely hurt. Two men have been apprehended on suspicion. Instead of a gang of twenty, it appears the poachers did not number more than four. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of a man, name unknown, who was found drowned in the Eastern London Dock, at Shadwell. No evidence could be obtained as to how the deceased came into the water, and a verdict was returned accordingly. The following is a description of the deceased's person, which may probably lead to the body being identified. He appeared to have been a sailor. The top joint of his middle finger was gone ; the left aria was tatooed with the moon and stars, and the figures of a man and a woman. The right arm was very peculiarly marked, having the following letters in suc cession impressed thereon, viz.:—`• W.W., A. W. B. M. W., W. W., and H. W.," together, with the full length figures of a man and woman, and two hearts united. There was no money or property of any description in the deceased's pockets. TIIE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The deliveries last week were not very extensive. They amounted to 391,9e5 lbs. The trade continues tolerably brisk. The Thundercr, 84, is about to be commissioned immediately ; we have not yet heard the name of the officer likely to be appointed to command her. THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW.---The short cam paign of Mr. Kean in Glasgow has been triumphantly suc cessful. Our citizens have shown that they adm ire and love him for his own, as well as for his father's sake. He has proved himself a son more than worthy of his sire ; for, with all the genius the latter possessed, he has made him self conspicuous for an industry, an application, and a per severance, which would have raised his brilliant progenitor more loftily on the pillar of fame. This combination of genius and industry has led some of our London Contempo raries astray, who have argued so keenly regarding the merits of the younger Kean. They have estimated him according to his possession of the relative quantities of each ; whereas hi s p ecu li ar merit lies in the mos t eminent possession of both. Thi s f orms his h i ghest cu l og iurn ; and the manner in which he performed Hamlet, Othello, Mac beth, Richard I I 1., Sir Edward Mortimer,Claude Melnotte, shows the eulogium to be highly merited. Glasgow will long for his appearance again. The following address which he delivered at parting, shows that modesty is also one of the features of Mr. Kean's personal character. Being loudly called for, he came forward and spoke as follows : " Ladies and Gentlemen,--I should indeed be insensible to kindness, were I not to respond with the most grateful ac knowledgments to the cordiality with which I have been ever received by the Glasgow public. The life of an actor, Ladies and Gentlemen, is one of continued toil and anxiety; but toil and anxiety become light when animated by public applause ; and the approbation of this important city will not only stimulate me to fresh exertions, but will ever be cherished with mingled pride and gratitude—Glasgow Constitutional. • LORD DURHAM. The Sunderland and Durham County Herald of Friday contains a long report of a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Sunderland, held on that day, to address Lord Durham on his return to England. Joseph Simpson, Esq., the Mayor, was in the chair. A series of resolutions was passed, moved, and seconded by B. Ogden, Esq., W. Bell, Esq., Dr. Brown, Alderman Sharp, T. B. Torback, Esq., W. Morley, Esq., A. J. Moore, Esq., W.B. Walker, E,q., and Addison Fenwick. The resolutions and speeches are too voluminous for insertion ; but in a numerous and en thusiastic meeting, with only a minority of some twenty, the followi:ig address was carried : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL Or DURHAM. " We approach your Lordship with sentiments of high esteem, and sincere congratulation on your Lordship's safe arrival in your native land. " Conscious of the pernicious influence of war, not only on our commercial prosperity, but on the general interests of humanity, and regarding civil war as especially destructive of the virtue and happiness of the community, and of all that is best worth preserving in society, we received, with deep regret and apprehension, the intelligence of the late revo!t in our Canadian possessions. We felt consoled, however, by the appointment of your Lordship to the office of Governor-General of the dis turbed Colonies. The difficulties with which this office was beset were manifest. To unite those disunited by dif ference of lineage, language, customs, prejudices, and in terests, and to supply the place of a Constitution unavoid ably suspended, by the authority of a single person, de manded, on the part of the individual selected for the task, a degree of ourage, judgment, and political experience rarely conjoined ; supported by an amount of power not often conceded by the British Legislature. But we had known your Lordship long, and felt perfectly convinced that, arduous as was the task, you would show yourself, in the hour of trial, adequate to its achievement ; and we cer tainly hoped that no malignant influence at home would be employed to thwart the operations of that authority which, great though it was, we considered safe from abuse in your Lordship's hands, and requisite for the pacification of Canada. " We were not disappointed in our reliance on your Lordship's talents and character ; each succeeding mail from the disturbed colonies brought evidence of returning order and tranquillity, and of the confidence of the go verned in their governor ; and that not merely in the Bri tish possessions has your Lordship's influence been already most beneficially exerted, but the substitution of a friendly feeling among the population of the United States, for one of a different character, evinced that not merely were our colonies to be pacified, but foreign war to be averted, by a policy at once firm and merciful. The circumstances by which our expectations, and those of the people of Eng land, have been frustrated, are too familiar to require that we should dwell on them at length. The ordinance, tried by the only legitimate test—its applicability to the con dition of the colony—was one of justice and mercy, furnishing security to the public, without needless oppression of the offenders. A different mode of judg o• - in was resorted t o i n th e Upp er H ouse o f P ar li ament ; and b men totally inexperienced in the actual condition of colonial affairs, tried and condemned it by rules perfectly applicable to the well-organized society immediately around them, but destitute of all force in reference to a country where the ordinary functions of Government were sus pended, and the usual course of judicial proceeding could produce only perjury and injustice. " That Parliamentary proceedings, originating, we be lieve, in motives the most factious, supported in some quar ters in ignorance, and adopted in others with culpable timi dity, should, by rendering your authority powerless for good government, have compelled your Lordship to abandon an office undertaken with the best intentions, and carried on with the happiest results, we deeply deplore ; and we much fear that events will arise to convince the whole na tion that such proceedings have been as little founded on policy as justice. " Whilst, however, we cannot but lament that circum stances should have occurred to compel your Lordship to relinquish your appointment, we are in some degree con soled by the reflection, that the powerful aid of your expe rience and counsel will be contributed in the British Legis lature to arrest any further evils from proceedings which have tarnished its character for justice and wisdom. " Signed for and on behalf of a public meeting of the in habitants of the Borough of Sunderland, held on Friday, the 7th of December, 1838. "JOSEPII SIMPSON, Mayor." The eehai ting r. were voted to the Mayor for his e thanksconduct o f in the the m Chair. REFORM DINNER. On Friday a dinner was given to the Hon. Colonel Abercromby, Member of Parliament for Stirlingshire, by the electors of the county of Stirling, in the Corn Exchange, Stirling. Sir Michael Bruce in the Chair. The usual toasts were drunk ; and speeches were de livered respectively by the Hon. F ox M au l e , Si r G . Stir ling, Admiral Fleming, Lord Dalmeny, Mr. Gillon, Sir M. Bruce, Col. Abercromby,! and one or two oth er gentle men. The speeces may be described in one word—they were Ministerial :—her Majesty's Ministers was the lauda tory theme dwelt on by all the speakers. In the course of the evening's e ntertainments the Ch a i rman gave " The health of her Majesty's Ministers." And Mr. Fox Maule, in returning thanks, is reported to have said " t h at h e would communicate this expression of confidence to her M a j es ty's Ministers ; he was sure they wo u ld re j o i ce . He, too, would ask the Tories how would they fe e l were the voice of six hundred honest men raised in' their favour ? He was sure the Ministry would feel much encouraged by their support and expression of confidence, and it would tend greatly to strengthen their hands." We must not omit to state that Lord Dalmeny spoke very handsomely of Lord Durham, and said that Great Britain bad run the risk of losing Canada " from a hypo critical pretension of zeal for the rights of the subject. Nor was it my Lord Durham as a despot whom his ene mies despised, but my Lord Durham as a Liberal that they hate." REVOLUTION IN BAHIA. (From our Second Edition of last night.) A revolution has again broken out in Bahia, which threatens a total separation of that province from the Bra zilian empire. The Republicans, taking advantage of the absence of all troops, and the arrival of very disastrous news from Rio of serious reverses of the army in Rio Grande, have risen, and having easily seized the forts, have deposed the Government, and formed a Junta with a view to declare their independence. As the Government had, by the last accounts, much difficulty to raise money, the funds having been down to last at 71, the Republicans expected to maintain themselves and revolutionize the pro vince.—Exchange, 96. TOLLING FOR THE DEAD.—WhO delight in this barbarous relic of Popery, so annoying to the nervous, the sick, and all those who really m ourn ? The bell-ringer, the grave - digger, th e un d erta k er , the young widow who has lost an old husband, and the young spendthrift, who, after many impiou s aspirations, succeeds to a large property! TIIE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL for December, besides the usual quantity of valuable and interesting pro fessional matter, contains a variety of amusing, instructive, and important papers, on subjects of general interest. " The Progress of Duelling" recounts the various duels of the present century ; and gives some curious statistics on the subject and proceedings of Courts-martial. The two papers, of which this is the second and concluding one will be found to contain all the remarkable duels on record. The article " On Nautical Inventions" is a most curious history of the rise of the British navy from its earliest state. " Burmah and the Burmese," " Decline of the Turkish Empire," and the " Siege and Capture of Copauldroog," are historical papers of great interest. " The Disaster of El llamet" is brought to a conclusion ; and an article " On the Country and Naval Force of the Owhyisitssoians" opens, with great promise of future entertainment, after the manner of Gulliver's discoveries. Among the correspond ence is a plan, with sketches, by Lieut. Jerningham, for converting the common lock for naval guns into a percus sion lock, various letters on the use of the bayonet, &c. &c. MR. WARD'S " PICTURES OF THE WORLD."— The only real philosophy of human life is that which is to be gathered from the practical illustrations of it which the every day world about us presents : and no writer has ever more happily succeeded in gathering and setting forth those illustrations than the accomplished author of " Tre maine" and "De Vere." The announcement, therefore, of " Pictures of the 'World," from his highly popular pen, will ex(4e ur4versal interest and enriosity. MR. CHARLES MATHEWS' FARE- WELL ADDRESS. (From the New York Albion, Nov. 19.) PARK THEATRE, NEW Youx, Nov. I3.—The last ap pearance of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews in America took place on Tuesday night. The favourite pieces of One Hour, lily Eleventh Day, and The Old and Young Stager, kept the audience in continued laughter from be ginning to end. Mrs. Mathews was in better voice and spirits than usual. The brilliant appearance of a house crowded in every part, the boxes containing an overwhelm ing majority of ladies, and perhaps the feeling that the period of her mortification and annoyance was at an end, all combined to produce this happy effect. She was called forth at the conclusion of the Eleventh Day, and received the rapturous applause of the house. At the termination of the evening's performance Mr. Mathews received the same compliment. After the first cheers had subsided the audience resumed their seats, and a dead silence prevailed. Mr. Mathews then delivered with great energy and vigour the following address, which we give as it has been written out for us, with the sanction of Mr. Ma thews, and which was listened to with marked attention, and cheered throughout with the most enthusiastic plaudits : " Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time I have ever addressed an audience in my own character, and I cer tainly had not the slightest intention of doing so now ; but being assured that on the last night of our engagement it would b e t a k en as a mar k o f di srespect were I to remain wholly silent, I am determined that that imputation at least shall not be cast upon me ; and, indeed, I should be most ungrateful were Ito refuse a few words to those kind friends who have given us such a bumper at parting:—(Applause.) " In considere.tion of the lateness of the hour, I will be as brief as possible in what I have to say ; though, as this, ladies and gentlemen, is our last interview, and as in all probability we may never meet again, I do hop you will not deny me your patient attention for a few minutes. Our story is soon told and easily understood, and if I have hitherto refrained from troubling you with a sin g l e wor d upon the several occ as ion s w h en I have had the honour of being called forward to receive your flattering applause, I have so refrained purposely, from the fear that as my own independent spirit would not allow me to offer unqualified thanks for partial success, some unguarded expression might be seized upon as conveying intentional offence to the American public. I can now, however, speak without dan ger of being accused of interested motives, inasmuch as we have appeared before you professionally for the last time, and our immediate return to Europe is already determined on. " We set sail for this country, ladies and gentlemen, as upon a trip of pleasure. Steam reduced the voyage to a mere nothing, and though it is true we were obliged to make many sacrifices in leaving home, friends, and un varying professional success, to risk a doubtful reception among strangers, still we did so with light hearts and perfect reliance on the well-known hospitality of the people we were about to visit, backed by a thorough confidence in our own good intentions, and the conviction that as we set out with the determination to spare no effort to please, our endeavours must be met, if not with brilliant success, at all events with the usual indulgence and pro tection so notoriously extended to British actors. We set foot then on these shores, resolved to be pleased with everything ; and to the question of ' How do you like our country ?' so universally asked by all persons here upon a first introduction—(A slight murmur)—we readily answered in terms of the highest praise, as fortunately we were then honestly and conscientiously able to do. " Two days alter our arrival at this city, the weather being insufferably hot, we were advised to proceed at once to the Catskill Mountains. We did so, with the intention of passing there our few weeks of leisure in cool retirement ; but after being jolted, at the hazard of our necks, up to that cloud capt' hotel called the Mountain-house (where we arrived between nine and ten o'clock at night), we found it a gay, noisy, fashionable hotel, anything but adapted for those who sought quiet and retirement ; and, therefore, at an early hour next day, at the still greater hazard of our necks, we were jolted down again. —(Laughter.) Our in tention was to return at once to New York, but that same night chance lodged us at the Exchange-house at Pough keepsie, where we found all the quiet that we had been taught to expect at the Mountain-house. There we at once installed ourselves, and there we remained for three weeks as retired as possible, literally confined to our apart ments, with the exception of our usual drive in the cool of the evening. " Little did we expect, ladies and gentlemen, while ap plauding ourselves for our politic conduct in retiring alto gether from the public eye, and thereby avoiding, as we supposed, all possibility of offence, that at that very moment we were insulting the whole American nation—that the press was teeming, far and near, with comment on our atro cious behaviour, and that a fatal prejudice was rapidly gain ing ground against us. "Of all this we remained in a state of happy ignorance till our return to New York. I was then informed that we had given serious offence at Saratoga Springs, on our way to the Falls of Niagara—that we had refused to sit at the public table, but at th e same t i me h a d i ns i sted that our servants should he admitted there, and that the visitors at the hotel, disgusted at the gross outrage, had been com pelled to rise and leave the table. " I could only smile at this absurd accusation, and deemed it one of the gossipping and ephemeral paragraphs of a newspaper, the subject of an hour's chit-chat, and then to be forgotten. I, therefore, replied jestingly, that there were seventeen reasons why the alleged offence at Saratoga could not have been committed ; the first was, that we had never been there.—(Laughter.) I presumed that the other sixteen reasons would not be required—(Great laughter)— but I was mistaken. The report was not suffered to die a natural death ; it was resuscitated day by day, nou rished and amplified hour by hour, till at last the con viction was forced upon me,' that what I had at first looked upon as a harmless mistake was, on the contrary, a regularly organized deliberate falsehood, systematically planned and persevered in, for the purpose of creating a ran corous feeling against us in the public mind, and thus, at once, irreparably injuring us on our first appearance at this theatre. I asked advice as to the propriety of openly con tradicting these reports, but was assured that such a step was quite uncalled for. I thought so myself, but I was wrong again. The night of our first appearance arrived. The theatre was crowded to the ceiling, chiefly with gen tlemen ; hundreds were turned away from the doors, but very few ladies had dared to venture within them—in short, it was clear that a riot was anticipated. When Mrs. Mathews appeared upon the stage the cheers were enthu siastic, but the ominous sounds of disapprobation were also to be beard. A deafening shout of applause, however, from the more liberal portion of the audience, at once si lenced those sounds. On the symphony of her first song being played, disapprobation again manifested itself, and was again checked as before. I was thunderstruck, and made up my mind that the torrent of ill-feeling was only stemmed from motives of gallantry, until my appearance, which would doubtless be the signal for a general tumult. Judge, then, of my surprise, ladies and gentlemen, at meeting with the most cordial welcome, without a single dissentient voice. How was this ? Was I not the proper person to have been attacked, rather than my wife ? Was I not the person answerable for the misconduct alleged against us ? No : hers was the talent they sought to disparage. The secret was at once explained—the disapprobation had as much to do with our conduct in America as it bad to do with the late general election.—( Laughter and cheers.) " I must not trespass too much upon your patience, ladies and gentlemen, by entering more into detail. Suf fice it to say, that since the failure of this attempt to mar our first appearance and drive us from your stage, no efforts have been left untried to bring about the same end by other means. The press (that is, a portion of it) has been industriously employed in writing us down. Why, or by whom instigated, I do not wish here to inquire ; but if it be any triumph to them to know it, I beg to assure them that they have fully succeeded. They have not only ut terly destroyed our professional prospects, but have under m'ned the health and spirits of the lady they have chosen to make the object of their unmanly attack. " Ladies and gentleman, I appeal to yourselves —can you blame me for at once ending the injustice, by re moving my wife from a persecution she is so unaccustomed to ?—(Cries of No, no ; certainly not' from the boxes.) Look for one moment calmly at the circumstances. A ma licious report is invented and put in circulation, without the least inquiry into its truth, throughout the United States. I do not speak figuratively, but literally ; I have received newspapers containing bitter invectives against us from all parts of the Union—(who could have imagined that we were of such consequence in the eyes of the New World ?) And all about what ? Nothing but our con duct at Saratoga, where we have never been. —(Laughter and much applause.) " Now, in conclusion, gentlemen—l appeal to you as gentlemen, I appeal to you as men of business—leaving all feeling out of the question—let us view this affair in the Fght of a commercial speculation--a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence—of ' dollars.' Is it likely that we should have behaved in the manner ascribed to us ? We came to this country with one avowed object—to make a certain sum of money in a given time. That sum was se cured to us in England before starting. Good houses or bad houses, we were to be paid the same. There was o nly one thing indispensable, viz.--to please. Now, to have acted as we are sa id to h ave done must have b ee n either the result of ignorance, in which case surely we ought to have been h e ld gu il t l ess of evil intention, or t h e result of a deliberat e w i s h to i nsult the people of Amer i ca , whose good opinion it was so much to our i nterest to ga in, and thereby defeat th e so l e o bj ect o f our voyage . I repeat,was such conduct p ro b a bl e ? Th ese are the only two viewsthat c?ulti be taken of the circumstance had it been true , and l, hope it is unnecessary for me to pledge my honour that there is not the slightest foundation for this base falsehood. —(Deafening and repeated applause.) " I have done. Your kindness, ladies and gentlemen, let me assure you, will ever be deeply and gratefully re membered by us both ; and I trust, that notwithstanding the unfavourable circumstances under which we have ap peared before you, you have not found us flag in our efforts to please those who have generouslyendeavoured to support us.—(Great applause.) We have fought up against the attacks with all our strength, but the enemy has proved too much for us, and, at length, after mature deliberation, we are compelled to adopt the only alternative left us, that of abandoning the field. In the name of Mrs. Matthews and myself, allow me, ladies and gentlemen, to bid you, and for_ ever, most respectfully, farewell." Mr. Mathews then bowed and retired amidst the hearty cheers and long-continued applause of the whole house. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews may be expected in England in the course of three weeks. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The rebellion in Canada occupied on Sunday as much of the attention of our Paris Contemporaries as on the pre ceding day. They contain a paragraph which purports to be founded on letters from St. Petersburgh, which state that " at the late celebration of the Emperor's birth-day at New Archangel (the capital of the Russian Colonies in North America), Admiral Count Kupreseman, the Com mander-in-Chiet of the Russian naval forces on that station, gave a splendid banquet, at the close of which a collection was made for the unfortunate Patriots of Canada. " " This collection, which," as Le Commerce observes, " was in some sort official, and to which everybody present, with out exception, eagerly contributed, produced nearly 2,800 f. (112/. sterling), and was forwarded to its destination by Admiral Kupreseman himself." The day before the Leonidas steamer left Malta, a Bri tish frigate, sent out to meet the Dowager Queen of Eng land, had returned with the Secretary of that Princess, who had arrived in Syracuse. Her Majesty was expected in Malta in a few days.—Courricr Francais. The price of wheat and corn in general continues to fall in the markets of the department of the Aube. The price of bread must consequently decline.—Courrier Francais. It is said that copies of the pamphlet published by Lieu tenant Laity on the affair of Louis Bonaparte are now cir culating in the district of Briez, and that the authorities have ordered a search for them in several houses.—Courrier de la Moselle. The steamer Chi,nere arrived on the 2d in Toulon from Tunis, where she left on the 29th ult. the French ships of the line Jupiter,fena, and Sanli Petri, the brig Palinure, and the schooner Legere. The Fulton steamer arrived on the same day from Algiers, having touched on her passage at Stora. The French garrison of Rusicada was at that time well lodged and furnished with abundant provisions, and safe from any coup de main. M. Dupuch, the Bishop of Algiers, sailed for Civita Vecchia on the 2d. After re ceiving his instructions from the Pope, he would immediately set out for his see, in which he was to be installed on the 15th.—Toulonnais. SPAIN. The Correo Nacional of Madrid of the Ist of December, positively announces that the Marquis de Miraflores, Spanish Ambassador at Paris, has not been able to agree with Count Mole on the manner of executing the Quad ruple Alliance. This seems to have some connection with the statement lately given by the Memorial Bordelais. We have received highly interesting details from the province of Avilon, New Castile. Colonel Calverte, who commands in that province for Charles V., has established perfect order and the best administration, in all the points which he occupies. The efforts of this intelligent officer gain him the attachment of the troops and the confidence of the inhabitants. The strong town of Avila, the capital of this fine province, is sixteen leagues from Madrid. Espartero has offered to the Government of Madrid to send it three battalions, and to march himself to suppress the insurrection at Seville. Our letters from Madrid in form us that the Government has not accepted the offer ; the troubles at Seville having been put down, at least for the present. The journals, from the Spanish frontier, of the Gth inst„ do not mention any event. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees and the Memorial say that preparations are making in Navarre for a great Royalist expedition, which they say is to pass the Ebro, and to be conducted by Charles V. in person. Our private letters do not commu nicate anything on this subject.—Gazette de France. MALTA. A letter from Malta of the '2sth ult. states that the ships of war which were performing quarantine at that island had been ordered by the Governor to take in pro visions for four months. It was thought that they would proceed to meet the Hastings, on board of which the Dow ager Queen of England had embarked for Malta. The Carysfort frigate had already sailed to meet her Majesty. Commodore Hyde Parker, in the Rodney, and having under his orders the Talavera and Pembroke, and the Dido frigate, accompanied the Ottoman fleet as far as the bay of Bisica. There the Admirals exchanged salutes, and the Capitan Pasha entered the Dardanelles, leaving outside of the passage only two frigates. Commodore Parker was to set out for Malta with his division the moment when those two frigates should have entered the straits. Captain Walker, of the Vanguard, and the other British officers on board the Ottoman vessels, remained with the Capitan Pasha. Theßellerophon had arrived from Athens at Malta. Baron O'Sullivan de Grass, the Belgian Ambassador in Vienna, had sailed from Malta for Naples in the steamer Veloce. EGYPT. Advice! from Alexandria of the 12th ult. state that the Egyptian fleet was not to be disarmed, and that several sail had put to sea for Candia, where the disturbances had assumed of late a certain degree of gravity. The steamer Nile, bad left Alexandria for Scanderoun, in order to take on board Ibrahim Pasha, who intended spending the winter season at St. Jean d'Acre. According to a letter from Bey rout of the 31st October, the inhabitants of several villages in the Haouran had again revolted, and Scherif Pasba had resorted to the most energetic measures to repress the re bellion. A caravan of 160 or 180 camels, coming from Bag dad, had been plundered by a tribe of the Anazis. The plague had manifested itself in Palestine, at Jerusalem, and Nazareth, and would, it was feared, extend over the entire of Syria, as no sanatory precautions were taken by the authorities. Prince Puckler Muskau left Beyrout on the 21st of October for Egypt, Rhodes, and Smyrna. The Prince was to sojourn during the winter in the lat ter city. The British Consul at Scanderoun (Alexan dretta) had ceased all intercourse with the Governor of the town. The last accounts from Tripoli, in Barbary, received by the Toulonnais, are of the 10th ult. The peace lately concluded between the Arabs of the interior and Askar Pasha, the Governor of the city, had been followed by great public rejoicings. On the 2d this fortunate event was announced by bonfires to the population. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CAIRO, Nov. 12. Great progress is making in education in this country. The Viceroy has lately established a new school for instruction in the higher departments of knowledge, to which he sends his own children ; and it has become the fashion of the principal Turkish and Arab families to avail themselves of this favourable opportunity for liberal edu cation. But what is perhaps more interesting and impor tant, is the commencement of female education under the immediate auspices of the Paella's eldest daughter—the widow of the Defterdar Bey. With her are associated the other branches of his Highness' family, and there is every reason to hope that information will soon make its way to their hitherto impenetrable recesses—the Harems of the East. Communications have taken place between the Egyptian ladies of the viceregal family and the Society in London for the promotion of Female Education in the Le vant. Specimens of ladies' work prepared in England have been received here, and exhibited, to the infinite delight of the Egyptian ladies in the harems of the Court, which arc now busily engaged in providing samples of the handywork of their inmates, in order to make an appropriate return to our fair countrywomen. All this is very enco.2raging, and to those who know the difficulties of reaching oriental fe males, or of operating any change upon their habits, such an improved state of things is equally a matter of surprise and gratulation. A number of hooks have also been sent from England, which a r e about to be translated for the use of the schools. Among them are some Arabic books, which turn out to be so incorrect that it will be necessary to have them amended and re-printed, which will be done at the Go vernment presses in Boulag. A report hasable: n .3c m h : o ‘d o e l s to i the n gy P p a t c , h a a n4 on m t i s h s e i s i t o a l t i e o ay o ,, f the Eng is I theirsuperinterndedar to m nt, has lntdaraundgieetinlceensts forwith t t ho he daughter,eVaiceroy's ueducation of the females of the higher classes. This is beginning rightly, for in the East the influence of the powerful is all-important for the success of any plans o f improvement. Instruction must descend downwards from the mighty to the mean. The examples of the lead ing families will soon be followed by those beneath them. The Observer has recently been enlarged one-fourth. The price continues at five-pence. Tne extensive publica tion of the Observer commences at five o'clock every Sunday , morning. An edition best adapted for country and foreign circulation is published on Monday afternoon. The Observer, for original news, has no equal. The Journal of Sunday, Dec. 2, contained three folio columns of Canada intelli gence, that of Dec. 9, had upwards of five columns a news from and relative to the Canadas,